diff --git a/main.lisp b/main.lisp
index 3bba5ea..869c54e 100644
--- a/main.lisp
+++ b/main.lisp
@@ -60,13 +60,8 @@
    (attack :accessor :attack)
    (food :accessor :food)
    (level :accessor :level :initform 1)
-   (yours :reader :yours :initarg yours)
-   (on-damage :accessor :on-damage :initarg :on-damage)
-   (on-bought :accessor :on-bought :initarg :on-bought)
-   (on-faint :accessor :on-faint :initarg :on-faint)
-   (on-sell :accessor :on-sell :initarg :on-faint)
-   (on-endturn :accessor :on-endturn :initarg :on-endturn)
-   (on-startcombat :accessor :on-startcombat :initarg :on-startcombat)))
+   (team :reader :team :initarg team)
+   (handler :reader :handler :initarg handler)))
 
 ;; I want to write this in a mostly functional way, where the whole thing is an explicit function from player-state to player-state
 ;; part of the idea here is to emphasize a text based interchange format so people can even have different autopets clients as
@@ -81,3 +76,10 @@
 ;;;; happened
 ;;;; so do we want a bunch of different handler functions like I wrote above or should we, instead, just have a message type that
 ;;;; includes information about what happened and who it involved
+
+;;;;let's prototype out what messages should look like
+;;;; '(damage player1 3 4) the third pet on player1's team takes 4 damage
+;;;; '(faint player2 2) the second pet on player2's team has fainted
+;;;; '(ate apple 3) the third pet on the player's team at an apple
+;;;; '(gain player1 3 4 2) the third pet on player one's team gains 4 health and 2 attack
+